Woven pocketed carrier



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1 that is 1)oekets ada )ted to resent in their 1 i o expanded statev flat or Asubstantially flat Ausually have the opposite endep feetly flat and square. at itsv ends. i

v P A TE N T O vieron H. mmv-rives, or WORCESTER,Miiss-Acr-msnrrs, AssIGivoR. BY MEsNEAss-IGN-Q MENTS, TOJ'ERANKIB'. BATCHELDER, F WORCES'.1IEll?\v MASSACHUSETTS.

Woven roo'KETED CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patenti.

Aiippiimimi inea Aagiist 14, 1917.7.seriai No. isezii.

To all fio/wm t may Concern.'

Be it known that I, VIC/ron H. JENNINGS, a citizen of vthe United States; residing at Worcesten inthe county Of'lWorcester', State of h/[assachu'settsj have invented a certain new and useful V1improvementy in' fVVoven PooketedCarriers, of Which the following is a specification, reference beinghadthere-v in to the accompanying drawings.

The invention comprises improvements in v'oven pocketed carriers of the Vgeneral class embracing cartridge carriers, hospital corps belts, and medical officersl belts,V as Well as various other carriers having spe'- Y cial adaptations. It comprises also a Vnovel poche-ted web for iise in` the making of po'clqeted carriers, and a novel .voven pocket- Thev invention has for one tho- .ctly square square-bottomed pockets:

square-cornered bottoms orfloors. As produced in practice heretofore, WovenV pockets ofv the ,so-called sqilare-bottomedl type o'rtionsw of a pocket-bottomso combined VWith adjacent portions of the pocketat the right and left sides ofV a pocket, and so `Aboundthereto in;-

the Weaving, that it is practically impossible to push the vbottom down and fret it-pe'r Thev invention remedies. thisfault or defect and f the resulting' disadvantages.

Other iii'iportant*objects of the iiivention7 and results and advantages attainedrbyY the inventioin are indicated later herein.` v The improvements in Woven-poeketed carhoiindfin in the finished pocket. The said side-wall Web-portions constitute the sidewalls ofa pools-it.V They .arejof a measurenient from upper edge to lower edge cor-l responding to the depth of the pocket from pocket-mouth -to pocket-bottom or floor. The poeketdaottom Web-portion constitutes object thereof production of ivoven carriers having the bottom or floorA of the pocket; l. It is of a length between its opposite terminal 'edges .corresponding tothe Widthiof'A the pocket.

rllheA features (just `mentioned permit the i lower portion of apoolet to` expand fully into asquare-cornered form W'ith'the endportions-o'f the'pocket-bottom or Hoor in, or substantially in, the same plane Vvivithl'the remainder of the pocket-bottom. ln finishing` a pocket the terminal edges atv the ends kofthe pocket-bottom preferably, tl'iough not necessarily infall cases,v arey united to the lower edges or bottoni ends 'of the pocket side-Walls by means of applied fasteningsf preferably in theA fornrof stitched seams,

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toA close the openings which otherwise Would exist atthe Asaid corners. In some cases, however, the proximate edges of the pocketbottom and pocket-sidewalls may be'leftl` not fastened together. Y n

rlhe poclreted web. Whichpconstitutes a portion .of the invention comprises a plurality of Woven pockets embo'dyingtheforegoing improvements, joined together in a continuous series as Woven. A' special feature .of-invention Which is embodied lin the said pocketed -Web and in the respective pocket-blanks which mal/:e up such web isa pocket-bottom which is Woven folded longitudinally upon itself, wvith thedistinet edges i aforesaid at opposite ends thereof. rllhe Weaving;4 of the pocket-bottom Web-portion and coi'ivenientmanner for making a pocketbottom of any requiredA total VWidth whenopened'out flat. Y ,i

The invention produces a` carrier-pocket of simplified Woven structure land general construction. The saidk pocket may be`ivoven oflarge fullness or capacity from back to' front more convenientlythan pockets of the ,constructions heretofore usual. The invenff8.5 withY a longitudinal vfold provides in simple tion 'simplifies the' operations of Weaving,

so vthat therate of production is lincreased, andpso that'4 suchvoperations may'be performed, andthe improvedpocketed-fabric .i

structure "produced," by means of simpler loom mechanism thanth'at vvhich has beenV ,required heretofore for the; Weaving. ofy

pocketed carriers. VThe Weaving may be performed With pattern devices having` much less'eXtensive 'and elaborate arrangements of indieatorsete., than heretofore idolo necessary.4 The manufacture offpocketed carriersin conformity with the present in# vadjoin or intervene between-'the pockets. 3, are pocket-fronts. 4, 4, areLp'oclnetbrt-` vention may be carried on by operatives 'less highly' skilled than those heretofore found necessary to beV employed.V

In practising the invention, the for-mand proportions of the pockets which are produced may be modified variously practice` Such pockets may be made of uniform capacity at top and bottom, or by the utiliza# tion of known principles of weaving may be given a flaring shape so as to render them larger 1 at the top ,than atthe` bottom, orY Y vice versa. Y, .Y 5 ,4 Pocketed carriers Ymade Aiii conformity v with the invention may` coinprise either a single pocket, as inthe case ef a `first-aid pouch,a knapsack, etc.,o'r a series of pockets, p as in the case of cartridge-carriers,hospital corps belts, etc. Y

Figure lV of the drawingsfshows in pcispective a two-pocket section ef a multiple,A

pocket woven carrier furnished `with finished pockets embodying features of theinvea.

tion, the pocket-covers or flaps and a portion of one pocket beingpartly broken away.

Fig. 2y isa face view, in perspective, ef

'a corresponding portion of a pocket-web,l as produced in a loom but with asmall part broken away so as to illustrate the infold ofthe pocket-bottom.

Fig. 3 is aback view of the said portion ef the pocket-Web.V

Fig. 4 is a vView ofa portion of the said pocket-web in.se,ction alo1ig the infold.

Fig. `5 isa face View showing a -inodifica--v In thedrawings, l, 151,1", designate port-i tions: of the body-'weber band of a woven ,Y

carrier and 1, 1C, Figs. 2, `3,-and 4 arepoi'- tions of Vsaid body-web or-.band constituting poclretbacl{s. The portions l', la, 1b, arev the portions of said body-webv or band'A which tenis which respectively `are integral with the lower portionsk of the front and back. of

' a pocket. 5, 5, are pocket-sidewallsYwhich The general features of construction t and square-cornered bottoms. or floors 4,4,

respectively are integral with the backend thelateral portions of the front of a pocket.

Portions of Vpocket-covers or flaps (i, (3,V are shown in Fig. l, these being connectedwitli the carrier in this instance by having their attaching end-portionsinserted into ahous v ing-slit 7 in the -top margin of the'body-web or band, andjmade secure therein by suitable.v

that are produced in accordance with the invention. It shows also the distinct lower edges 5b, 5b, of the side-,wall Vweb-portions 5, 5, as well as the end-margins 4, 4, of the pocket-bottom web-portions 4, 4, and represents the saidv lower edges fas secured to the said end-margins by stitches 8, 8,'v

forming stitched yseams extending along the meeting edges. In this instance, the respective y side-wall and `pocket-bottom web-portionsv 5, 5fL and 4 are substantially rectangular, so that` the expanded pockets are rectangular, incross section, andlof uniform capacity at top andbottom.

Figs. 2, 3, and 4 show one mode of p'roduci.

ing the pocket-bottom portions 4, 4, with distinct terminalzedges at their opposite ends, and one mode of producing the sidewall web-portions 5, afwith distinct lower edges vwhich arel non-continuous with the said pocket-bottoms, and which in thisV instance are selvaged.y A second nio'de of producing the pocket-bottom web-portions with the said distinct terminaledges at their opposite ends is shown lby Fig-5.

Referring first to Figs. 2 and 3, the weav-k *iiigprocess involves, first the weaving vof a portion, as l, of thebody-web or supportingband, followed bythe production of one side-wall web-portion, `as 5, of a pocket'by`l iiiterweaving weft or `filling with thewarpthreads of such web-portion, .Whilethe'weaving of `other portions of the carrier-is sus-y pended. feb-portion- 5 is woven asa flatj web l'with opposite selvaged edges,.of a Width from one of such edges to the other `corresponding with the require d depth of the pocket from pocket-mouth to pocket-bottom. After a sufficient length of this .fiat

web tol constitute a' side-wallffor a pocket of the desired capacity fromV back Vto front has been produced separately, the weaving of the poclet-fronrfolded' pocket-bottom, and pocket-back, jointly `or concurrently, is begun. The pocket-.front is a continuation of the same ply as the side-wall web-portion 5. The'pockct-bottom and.pocket-.back(arel produced by theiise of additionallsets of warp-threads. In Figs. 2 and 3 the pocketbottoin is woven with an infold. The wefting in theY case of such views involves a pick of weft or filling in the direction from the pocketniouth to the; pocket-'bottom through a shed iny the warp-threads of the .pocket-A front, then a pick rin thereverse direction through a shed in the warp-threadsof YtheV upper half of the pocket-bottom, thenja pick in the first direction through a shed in .the warpthreads of the lower half of thepocketbottom, then a pick in the reverse direction through a shed in the warp-threads of the f pocl-:etback, and then picks made throughV sheds formed in reverse order in the poclretv back, lower andupper halvesy of the pocketbottcm, back to the starting point, and so on.. lhen a sufficient length of web, for a iio pocket of theA desiredsize; from side to side has :been produced, the linterweavingV of weftk or iilling with the warp-threads of the pocket-back and pocket-bottoniV is suspended, while the interweaving of the weft or filling, with thel warp-threads Vof the pocket-front is coiitinuedto produce the second side-wall web-portion, 5, with kopposite selvage edges. Nhen the said web-portion has been made of the desired length, the weft v or filling is interwoven with the various sets of` warp-threads suitably tovproduce the adjoiningl portion,v as la, `of supporting-band or Y duced, and so on.

the expanding of the pockets as aforesaid.'

body, following' which the leading side-wall web-portion, 5, of the next pocket is pro- As woven, the pocket-web is in a flattened state, with"'the differentlayers or plies lying close together, one above another, as in Figs. 2 andf. Between the pocket-bottom webpoition 4 of one pocket and that of the next ypocketithe warp-threads 4c of the said webportions 4A are floated without being regularly bound into the pocket-web, so that upon the completion of the weaving operation, lthe cutting or breaking of the said warp-threads will permit the sides of the folded pocket-bottom to open away from each other as the pocket is expanded to dimensions corresponding with those repre-l sented in Fig. l. Since the folded pocket. bottom is inc losed between the pocket-front.. and pocket-hack in the case of a pocket-web y produced with an infolded pocket-bottom vasin Figs. 2 andV 3, as shown in the said iigures and also in the sectional view, Fig. 4, it is convenient to so control the floated warp-threads4C in the weaving that at an intermediate lpoint between one pocket-bottom and the neXtv they Vshall be carried through to one ofthe outer surfaces ofthe pocket-web and there; exposed so as to facilitate Vcutting or breaking them to provide for ln Fi gs. 3.y and4 the floatedwarp-threads are shown thus exposed, at 4d, upon the rear surface of the pocket-backin loops or floatsv Vof a length suiiicient to permit a cutting blade or other parting instrument to be inserted under them.V y

F ig. 5' shows a modification. in which the pocket-bottoms Vare produced with an outfold, instead of an infold. ln this-modification the folded pocket-bottoms extend outward, with their upper and lower halves, 4respectively, in .the same j planes with the pocket-front and pocket-back, respectively. The floated portions, 4c, of the warp-threads of the said pocket-bottom lie beyond the adjacent edge of .the supporting-band y0r body-web, so that they are exposed to view and conveniently accessible. In the case of this modification, the cycle of picks in wefting is smaller than in the case ofthat illust trated in Figs. 2, 3 V.and y4. Thus apick is vtomed pocket in lthe warp-threads of the pocket-front and upper half of the pocket-bottoni, followed by'a pick in the reverse directionthrougli a shed in the warp-threads of the lower half of the pocket-bottom and of the pocket-back, .p

succeeded by-picks in the reverse directions inade from the pocket-mouth through a shed through sheds formed in thefreverse order inthe pocket-back and lower half of the pocket-bottoni, and Ain the pocket-front and the upper half of the pocket-bottom, back,4

to the starting-point, and so on.

ln some cases l contemplate providing thel i pockets with one er more'partitions according to the invention setvforth and claimed in il. S.. Letters Patent for impts. in woven i l carriers, No. 1,275,436 granted under date' That is claimed as the invention is:

l. A' woven carrier having-aY square-bottomed pocket comprising pocket-front, pocket-bottom, f pocket-back, and side-wall sie i Y web-portions, all woven in one piecefwith;`

said side-walls formed with lower edges'corresponding in directionl with thebt'op edge of the pocket at distance therefromdetermining the height of the pocket, and said bottom extending beyond said lower edges` land formed with terminal ends at anangle to thereto by applied Yfastenings, thereby forni;` ing at the ends of the pocket-bottom corners ide i y said lower edgesof theside-walls, and united l projecting forward from the pocket-back and disposing the said bottoni at angles with the front and back so as to square the pocket. Y Y. Y

2. A woven carrier havinga square-bot'- comprising Y pocket-bottom, pocket-back, `and side-wall web-portions, all. woven in one piece, with pocket-front,

said side-walls formedwith lower edgesrpcorresponding in direction with the top edge of the pocket at adistance therefrom determining the .height IofV the pocket, and said bottom extending beyond said lower edges and Vformed with` terminalV end s at an angleto.,

said lower edges of the@ side-walls, "andv united theretov by stitched v`seams, thereby forming at the endsof the pocketlbottom corners projectingforward from the pocket- I back and disposingV the said bottom at angles L L i L Y with thefront and back so as Yto square the pocket. Y y

3. A woven carrier, havingpa square-bottomed pocket comprising pocket-front, pocket-back, pocket-bottom and side-wall web-portions, all integrally united withV one another inthe weaving, the pocket-bottom isov web-portion having terminal vedges at itsiop! Vposite'reniils and the sidewallweb-portions havingselvaged lower edges correspondingy in direction with the pocket-topand determining the height of the pocket, with the said ends secured by applied astenings to the said selvaged lower edges. I

LLQA woven carrier having as'quare-botf toined pocket comprising pocket-front, pocket-back, Vpocket-bottom and side-wall web-portions, all integrally unitedwth one another, the pocketbottom yweb-portion hav- Y ing terminal edges Corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket at itsv opposite ends and thesi'de-wall web-portions 'having selva'gefd -lower edges, with the said ends sepocket formed with a pocket-bottom webcured by stitched seams tothe said selvaged lower edges. l i Y A woven pocketed carrier having a portion with terminal edges that project forward rfrom the pocket-back,'andpside-wall 1 web-portions which are integral vwith the v 25V.

Y lowerends vnon-continiiousf with the' pocketpocket-bac'k and poclet-front but with their bottom ends'and corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining the height of'the'pocket, and having said lower ends united by fastenings tothe said pocketbottomends."

6. A woven poclreted carrier having a pocketv formed with a pocket-.bottom web-` portion with terniinal'edges that'project for; ward from vthe pocket-back, and sided-wall web-portions Vwhich are integral with the pocket-back and pocket-front but with their lowerends non-continuous with .thepocket bottom ends and corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining the height 'of the pocket, and having'the said lower endsA united by stitched seams to the p ocketibottomends.4

7. A woven pocketed carrier havingV a Apocket formed' with a pocket-bottomwebportion with terminal edges that proj ect for-v wardY 'from the pocket-back, and side-wall webfpo'rtions which are vintegral with thev and are pocket-back and pocket-front formed with selvaged lower 'ends corresponding in direction with the pocket-top,

and determining the heightof vthe pocket, ,and having such lower ends united by fastenings tothe endsofthe pocketebottom. y v

8JA-gwove'nV pocletedcarrier having a pockfetlformed with side-wall web-portions i y which are integral with the pocket-back and pocket-front and are formed with selvaged lower :ends 'corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket, and having such lower ends united byr fastenings to the ends of the pocket-bottom.

`9."A'-woven pocketed carrier having a pocket in which the side-wallzweb-portions of the pocket are integral with the'pocket-backy and pocket-front and areformed withrsel vagedlower ends correspondingindirection with the pocket-top andA determining the height ot thel pocket, with suchgei'ids'funitedy by stitched Vseams tothe 4ends ot thep'oclet-r bottom, f

10. Avrwovon pockete'd carrier having 4a pocket formed with "side-*wall .web-portions`r which are integral with the pocket-back and pocket-front but with'. their lower ends, as

woven, separate romthe pocket-,bottom l ends v the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket,- andvliavin'g thesaid. lowerends united byl applied as'teningsfto the pocket-bottom ends." A

1l. AAV woven poche whichjarev integral withV the pocket-back `and pocket-front, but `with their lower ends, as woven, separate from the pocket-bottom and correspondingin dir'ec'tion with-` ted 'carrierhaving ai' pocket formed with Vside-wall web-portions ends and corresponding in direction with i' continuous with the pocket-bottom ends and f corresponding in directionV with-"the pocket-l top and determining" the height'of the pocket, and 'having the vsaid lower ends united by lfastenings to the' said pocket-bot# tom ends@l` Y p l 13. A woven p'ocleted'carrier having 'a pocket 'formed with side-wall web-portions which are integral with the-pocket-back andi pocket-front but with their lowerends non-V continuous with the pocket-bottom endsand corresponding in direction with the' pockettop and 'determining the height of the pocket, and having the said lower ends united by stitched seams to the pocket-botA tom ends. f

le?. A woven' pocketeflcarrier having la" pocket ormed'with a pocket-bottom web-A portion with terminall edges' that proj ect forward from the pocket-back, 'and side-wall web-portions which are integral fwith the pocket-back and pocket-front but with vtheir lower ends non-continuous with the pocketbottom ends and corresponding 'in direction iio with the pocket top and determining the heightl of the pocket.

15. A woven pocketed carrier having Va pocket formed with arectangular pocketitloor with distinct terminal edges at its ends,

and side-wall' webip'ortions n which are integral continuations oi the'pocket-front and are united integrally with the pocket-back,

but with their vlower ends non-continuous with the pocket-'bott'omf ends and corre-y Y folded sponding in direction with-the pocket-topl and determining the height ofthe pocket.

16. A pocket-wehconsisting of a plurality of woven pockets, ach pocket comprising a pocket-hack, a pocket-front, a pocket-bottom having tei'iiiiiial -edges that project atan angle from the j iocket-hack to the pocketfront, and Vside-wail weh-portions at oppofront, and side-wall weh-portions at oppo site sides of each pocket-front, said sidewall web-portions having selvaged lower edges corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket. y i

18. A pocket-web consisting of a plurality of woven pockets, each pocket comprising a pocket-hack, a pocket-front, a pocket-bottom folded longitudinally upon formed with distinct edges at opposite ends of each pocket-bottom, and side-wall webportions at opposite sides of each pocketfront, said side-wall `weh-portions having distinct lower edges corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket. f

19. A pocket-web consisting of a plurality of vwoven pockets, each pocket comprising a pocket-back, a pocket-front, a pocket-bottom longitudinally upon formed with distinct edges at opposite ends of each pocket-bottom, and side-wall weloportions at opposite sides of each pocket?V front, said side-wall web-portions having selvaged lower edges corresponding in direc itself and tion with the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket. j

`20. A pocket-weh'consisting of a plurality of woven pockets, each pocket comprising a pocket-back, a pocket-front, a pocket-bottom folded l longrgitudinallyv upon itself Vand formed with distinct edges at oppositefeiids, and with the warp-threads of the pocket bottoms 'floated froml one of the latter tothe next, successively, and side-wall` webfportions at opposite sides of each pocket-front,

said side-wall web-portions having distinct lower edges corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining theheight of the pocket. y

2l. A pocket-web consisting of a plurality of woven pockets, l pocket-back, a pocket-front, a pocket-bottom folded. longitudinally upon ,itself and formed with distinct edges at opposite ends, with the warp-threads of the pocket-bottom floated from one of thelatter to the next, successively, and side-wall web-portions at opposite sides of each pocketfront, said side wall web portions having selvaged lower edges corresponding in ldirection with the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket. v

22. A woven pocket-blank comprising a pocket-hack, a pocket-front, a pocket-bottom .folded longitudinallyy upon itself, and sidewallweh-portions at opposite sides of the pocket-front,- joining the latter to the pocket-back, said side-'wall' welofportions having selvaged lower edges corresponding in direction with the pocket-top and determining the height of the pocket.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of twoswitnesses.

vieron H. JENNINGSQ Witnesses Y EMMAM. BAILEY, ELVA M. LORD.

each pocket comprising a 

